Baggage check



A. H. SWETT, JR

BAGGAGE'CHECK Sept. 7, "1943..

Filed NOV. 5, 1940 t}, l'b Z IN VENTOR,

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ATTORNEY Patented Sept. 7, 1943 umraor I SE' IZAT as eaten T OFFICE a p 2,328,691 1 t V BAGGAGE CHECK Arthur H." Swett, Jr.; Verona, N. 5., assignorto American Tag Company, Newark, N. J., a cornotation of New; Jersey ApplicationNovember-S, 1940, Serial No. 36 1,423

c ciai s'. (c1; ro an) This invention relates to checkpsuchasbaggage checks'and the like identifying. appliances;

The ordinary baggage-check is attachecl to the baggage piece-by resort'to; a wiretor;v cord: Time is lost in performing themanipulations necessaryto attach the check to the baggage-piece,

One primary object of ;this inventionis taprovide' a check: which may; be 'securely attached? to the baggage :piece, as to some:stin. ringso nther like thereof, by a simple thrust and which" shall;

be generally "flatand hence capable of being assembled with others like it in a quite compact state, as when- =carried"intthepocketof a porter, the construction tobesuch that detachment from the baggage piece mayralsobeareadilyaccomfirst-named portion together existing as a stiff unit with said elastic portions entirely in closelying relation to the plane of said first-named portion.

Preferably, however, the device as in the present example is formed of two principal parts, the one a piece of stiff fiat sheet material, forming the tag proper, and the other a stiff elastic strip of a form to provide said extremities, said piece and member existing rigidly held together with said member substantially entirely in close-lying relation to the plane of the piece.

Preferably, also, in any form, whatever provides the tag may have a weakened connection between a part thereof which immediately has said edge and the remainder of the tag, said parts being provided with duplicated identifying data, the one (being the customer's receipt) to be torn from the other and the latter to remain attached to the baggage piece.

In the drawing,

Figs. 1 and 2 are obverse and reverse views of one form, and Fig. 3 a fragmentary side elevation thereof;

Figs. 4 and 5 show two different modifications of such form;

Fig. 6 is an enlarged fragmentary section of the check of Fig. 5, taken in a plane in coincidence with slot 7; I

Fig. 7 shows the fragment of the check which willbe left on the baggage article, when tn-eunshown part of the tag has been torn away;

Fig; 8 is a fragmentary obverse view of aform somewhat similar to Fig. 1 and I r Fig. 9 is a reverse viewof another form. Referring, first, to Figs; 1 to 7 A stiifpieceof bent strip merely having itsextremitiesdisposed and formed as thus described so: that it maybe readily coupled to a ring or the like on a baggage V article by causing the ring to wedge the termivnals 6 apart being known. But'according to my invention the rebend 5; or portion of-the strip which-connects its portions or extremities 4;

itselfbent back so as in the completed check-t0 coact with said portions or extremities to clamp wthe-tag; ,That is to say, there is a slot"! formed in the section. Id of l the tag nearand parallel to its uppermargin. and the coupling is made to,

penetrate this slot, whereupon, by clinching, the rebend 5 is bent back and made to coact with the portions 4 to clamp the intervening part of the tag. Further, along a bent line 8 around the slot I linear weakening of the tag, as by perforating, exists, preferably so as to leave a relatively limited area 9 bounded by such line, whose terminals here reach quite to the upper margin of the tag. In Figs. 4 and 5 the construction is the same as above excepting that the area bounded by said weakening 8 is reinforced as by a layer ll] wholly within such area or by a layer I l lapping the linear weakening; such layers may be glued to the tag made of paper, fiber or the like slotted in coincidence with slot 1 and there may be one at each face of the tag, as in Fig. 6.

In Fig. 8 the construction is the same as already described except that instead of the linear weakening existing as perforations it exists as a continuous slit to whose terminals extend close to but short of the upper margin of the tag.

In the forms so far described a relatively weak connection exists between the part of the tag bounded by the line 8 or 811 and the remainder of the tag; that is, in Figs. 1 to '7 such weak connection is coincident with said line 8 and in Fig. 8 it exists between each terminal of the line 8a and the top margin of the tag.

pull on the upper section la will part the weak connection between them, leaving only a relative- 1y small fragment of the check such as is shown by Fig. 7 on the article. Besideatheupper section la is thus obviously mutilated and so serves to discourage any disposition on the part of the agent who sells the checks to re-sell a checkonce used and retain the fee charged therefor for his personal benefit.

Having thus fully described my inventionwhat Iclaim is: a 1 a g 1. A tag appliance including'a fiatsheet-like portion to provide a tag and 'a-pair of 'slender elastic portions extending outwardly beyond an edge of the first-named portion incoincidence with points of said edge oifset; from each other lengthwise thereof and said elastic portions having their extremities rebent towardand extending short of said edge and in crossing and closelying relation to each other, said elastic portions and the first-namedportion together existing as a stiff unit with said elastic portionsentirely in close-lying relation to the plane of said firstnamed portion.

2. The tag appliance set forth in claim 1 char--' acterized by said sheet-like portion having a weakened connection between a part thereof which immediately has said edge and the remainder of such portion.

3. A tag appliance including, with a piece of stiff generally flat sheet material; a generallyflat coupling member consisting of a stiff elastic strip rebent substantially midway its length and having its extremities extending outwardly beyond an edge of the piece in coincidence with points of said edge offset from each other lengthwise thereof and said extremities being rebent toward and extending short of said edge and in crossin and close-lying relation to each other, said piece and member existing rigidly held together with said member substantially entirely in close-lying relation to the plane of the piece.

4. The tag appliance set forth in claim 3 characterized by said piece having a weakened connection between a part thereof which immediately has said edge and the remainder of said I piece.

'5. A tag appliance including, with a tag of stiff sheet material having a weakened connection between the part of the tag comprising its major area and a part thereof of relatively limited area which adjoins an edge of the tag, a generally flat coupling member consisting of a stiff elastic strip rebent substantially midway its length and having its extremities extending beyond and rebent toward but short of said edge and in crossing and close relation to each other, said member penetrating the second-named part of the tag and having the portion thereof including the first rebend bearing against one face and the portions of said memberconnected by such first rebend bearing against the other face of the second-named part of the tag, and said first-named portion of said member coacting with the said other 'por-f tions thereof to clamp said second-namedpart of the tag.

6. A tag appliance including, with a piece of stiff generally flat sheet material, a generally flat coupling member consisting of a stiff elastic strip rebent substantially midway its length and having its extremities extending beyond and rebent toward and extending short of an edge of the piece and in crossing and. close-lying relation to each other, said member existing substantially entirely in close-lying relation to the plane of and" penetrating said piece and having the portion thereof including the first rebend at one face and the portions connected by such first rebend-bearing against the other face of the piece and coacting with the first-named portion to clamp the piece.

ARTHUR H- sWETT. R; 

